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I'm a huge Vinge fan, but I was really underwhelmed by Rainbow's End. (Was it aimed at the YA market and I didn't notice?) Hope CotS is better.
by jbellis 16y ago
I'm a huge Vinge fan, but I was really underwhelmed by Rainbow's End. (Was it aimed at the YA market and I didn't notice?) Hope CotS is better.
- nl 16y agoI thought Rainbow's End was slightly disappointing, too. Of course, that mean it was probably only in the top 10 SciFi books of the year instead of indisputably the book of the year.
- another 16y agoI understand the sentiment... but completely disagree. _Rainbows End_ is less fun than his other novels, but it deals directly with near-future issues in a way that only a few other SF authors are doing well (Stross, Stephenson, recent Gibson, and who else?). It changed how I think---much more than did, eg, _A Deepness in the Sky_. In terms of relevance to the times, I'd rank it next to _True Names_.
- nl 16y agoTrue Names is perhaps the most underrated SciFi story of all time. From 1981, and hasn't aged at all.